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Buck Gulch

Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038168
MRDS ID M045463
Record type Site
Current site name Buck Gulch
Related records 10297837

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.27244, 44.75096 (WGS84)
Elevation 1579
Relative position 4 MI FROM SUMPTER, ABOUT 10 MI SOUTHEAST OF GRANITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ireland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009S 036E 26 CENTER OF W2 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • IN WHITMAN NATIONAL FOREST. BUCK GULCH IS TRIBUTARY TO MCCULLY FORK, A BRANCH OF POWDER RIVER. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MINE SYMBOL SHOWN ON TOPO MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.27244, 44.75096
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSIT

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIS PLACER DEPOSIT IS A BURIED STREAM CHANNEL EXTENDING SOUTHWEST BENEATH THE LOW RIDGE WHICH SEPARATES THE POWDER RIVER DRAINAGE FROM THAT OF THE NORTH FORK OF BURNT RIVER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sumpter District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. W. David Hizer

Comments on the workings information

  • 900 FT TUNNEL DRIVEN TO PROSPECT GRAVELS; DRIFTS AND RAISES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1916, PT. 1, P. 11.

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 61, P. 57.

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1939, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, NORTHEASTERN OREGON--EAST HALF: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-A, P. 95.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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